Morris tribune., 1887-10-05
GREETING TO PoWoERLY.

Over Ten Thousaud Listeners Present at
the Evening Session.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4.-The Wash.
fngton rink by 8 o'clock held without
doubt the largest crowd ever seated In the
Northwest. The long rows of benches
and chairs stretched the full length of the
hoor, while the galleries were thronged
Tar beyond speaking distance. At 6
o'clock M Hard and Thyle,s orcestrs
played an overture, but still the people
came. The vast audience was composed
of well dressed, Intelligent people. As
= grand triumph. fer labor, tt was simply
demonstration OF the strength of the
cause in the hearts OF the people In the
Northwest. As compliment to Powderly
and the Knights Of Labor, IT was an ova-
ton so sgnal that II must have
left q deep impression upon the hearts s{
shs ersst st leader and his eo-ianoirsrs.
The applause that greeted the efforts OF
the orchestra was hardly a. an echo when
compared with the deafening cheer that
arose moment later when man, swing
ing his hat in the air, cried, 'There he
Ia, = and -Powderly appeared with Griffith
and TreFenick on either side. The ap-
pleuse continued untl the trio mounted
the stage and took their seats, and was
again resumed when J. P. McGaughey,
the chairman, appeared and oIintror
duced the general master workman
Of the Knights of Labor OF America.
After complaining that the long journey
had left him in i'll condition to address so
large an audience, Mr.. Powderly went on
with his remarks by a general reference
to the relations of capital and labor.
Said he: ae.s.-==-...
When some few years ago we MT in
the city OF Reading, and gave 70 the world
o declaration Of principles that called for
better treatment for the working people
Of this land, men said that We were ask
Ing too much; men said that these ideas
are 'Utopian, they can never bs realized
On earth. And the same man went into
Their churohes the, Sunday after and
prayed God "Thy kingdom come on eaxth
asit M in heaven" Who, then, was the
ttae mani The knight, who says he be-
Nevss in these principles, or the Gse who
knelt down after saying the knights
would never realize these things en earth
and then prayed for even better things
than the knights ever dreamed Of askinRs
Some men are called srapks because they
esk for q chance to help make the laws OF
this country; some men would deny rs
ths privilege Of saying to the people Of
this country that the workman has q
right to his place In the halls of congress
OF IN. the legislatures OF the states.
Neither one of these places is:the ''king-
dom of heaven" and the men who deny
our workpeople chance to sit in con-
gress pray for the same workmen and
themselyes that this earth be made a. the
"kingdom of heaven How many mil
lionaires are In this room tonight Stand
mp Not one. How many Of those who
are worthy people and men and women
Of moderate 1neansi Iwen,t ask them to
stahd up, for you would all have to rise.
Go out through your city-beautiful "a
| 1t il, and it is beautiful only because the
hand Of labor has made 1t so-go out
through your city, ring your bells to-
night call your mflllonaires together and
bring them in here, and you can put
| them on this platform in the space be-
tween me and the table, and yet these
are the men that in this nation to-day are
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state and nation, while this vast assem-
blage here, am sorry to saY IT, IL II il
not true Of Minneapolis it is trne Of other
cities, they sit as quietly day after day as
you sit before me, while these men take
their places at the state capitals and al
the national capital and speak for me and
youas well as for themselves, when they
want legislation for themselves alone.
| Our organization Is not q political or.
ganizatian, as the word is at present un.
derstood. Il In mot q partisan organize
tion, but in the highest, purest sense In
which the word political 10 used IL is Z
| political association. slApplause. II
tells 10 every man, II ne studies IL prop
sYly and a. he should, that thoref is some
thing wrong. II giyss him declaratior
of principles to read and study and learn
and put in practice; and If Q man cannot
! do that, If man, after studying thess
things and informing himself, IL he can
not vote intelligently, 1T In because hiI
head 10 wrong, and not the Knights o.
Labor. Let no man or woman
land on this soil but who comes of his ol
her own free will, determined 10 make Z
home here amongst Us. Let only thes'
land, and no other. Ii that saying any
thing against the foreigners Ia voice
"No.,'l No. That ID my position ,sns Oh,
emigrant 4testi6h hays been called !
crank on the temperance question, and
am. And permit me to say that thu
/ the world is turned by crank. Every
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